Thursday, October 27, 2016

Mapwork

Just wanted to drop a note to those Patreon supporters who have access to my map pages. I'm going to follow a policy going forward that if I make any changes to any of my maps on any given day, I'll update the map before I go to bed at night.

I worked on the Britannia map tonight, map D 30, including southern Ireland, Wales and Western England. Took me 5 hours to plot the 200 cities on the map and identify the shire boundaries. The Google Drive page is updated, so have a look any time.

2 comments:

I have reach the head of the train. Finally. This has been a long time coming for me. I have spent the last two years reading everything you have posted on this blog, or any of the other ones I noticed, and now I have (I also read Pete's Garage, which was probably the best novel I have read this year). I hadn't started DMing when i started reading this blog (Though I have wanted to for years), And I am running for my party now for the tenthish time tommorow. I think I am a much better DM for your advice, so thank you for writing this all.

Also, I had my last ever day of High school today. This feels more important to me. I'm not sure if that is a sign of your skill, or my poor priorities.

I am especially glad that you enjoyed Pete's Garage. I never did too well with that book, not as well as with the others - people never gave it the chance it deserved. Occasionally I hear from someone who really enjoyed it and I'm always happy to hear it. I loved writing the book and hope that I get to write something like it again.

The backlog on this blog is so immense now, I know most of it is lost to the ages. Heck, I can't even remember any more what is all in there.

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Began playing Dungeons and Dragons at the age of 15, thirty-eight years ago. I am a steadfast AD&D gamer, but I have made so many changes to the original system that my present model is something of a Frankenstein's monster of role-playing design. I continue to make new changes every day to my game's structure and function.

The Net has described me as a 'mad scientist of RPG blogging,' and a 'Quixotic bastard' ... and also 'the most gonzo - and the grouchiest - old school DM.'

Progress on The Fifth Man

I have chosen to back up a bit again, as I am unhappy with chapter 17 and I feel ready to start it again. It is a difficult chapter; exposition chapters always are. It has been too long since I've picked up this book; readers are hardly likely to notice that I've changed this description. Nevertheless, I am at this again.

Progress on the third draft, finalized (will likely be some continuity fixes) stand as follows:

May 9, 2018

Distance today: 1,025 words

Total distance: 73,517

Chapter in progress: 17

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